Their first camping trip!

I took the kids on their first camping trip in August (weekend of 8/12-8/14). There was a group of about 6 families all camping together. We stayed at Camp Hickory Hills - we camped out in our tent. First nite of course we HAD to do the s'mores. Of course it rained ALL weekend - the only rain we've gotten all summer and it happens to be the weekend I took them camping - go figure - lol. So Mommy had to get creative creating a "shelter" for the campfire so that we could cook - plus there were so many of us - we had to use multiple cooking pits so on the other one - we cooked under an umbrella. Thank goodness I brought those water proof matches, ponchos, and umbrellas and a huge extra tarp. (always prepared) Kameron was in heaven playing in the mud puddles - see the pic of him and his Thomas the Tank Engine and various trains.
On Saturday, we all went over to Starved Rock State Park and went for a 5 mile hike. Despite the rain - we had a great time and the kids keep asking to this day when are we going camping again. Hopefully we can fit in a Fall camping trip before it gets too cold. Here's the website to Starved Rock - http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/i&m/east/starve/park.htm